Your Weather by Isaac and Isabelle

Today in Abilene we are expecting high temperatures to reach 104.  It is very hot outside already and will only get hotter.  Isabelle recommends that everyone wear sun shades because it is very bright.  Drink lots of water.  There is a slight chance of rain tonight but it's probably not going to rain.  Be careful because it is very sunny and you can get a sunburn.  Wear sunscreen everyone and stay COOL!!!

Hurricane Irene by Isaac, Noah and Isabelle

The Hurricane threatening the US right now is named Irene and it's big.  Hurricanes' eyes, or the center of the storm, are up to 30 miles wide, that is like from here to Putnam.  The entire hurricane itself can be up to 400 miles wide.  Irene is impacting the Bahamas now and is scheduled to make landfall in the United States on Saturday.  Hurricanes bring strong winds, flooding, and heavy rains once they make landfall.  Hurricanes cause millions of dollars of damage.  The winds that make up a hurricane are always moving.  The National Weather Service issues Hurricane Watches when a hurricane will make landfall within 2 days.  A Hurricane Warning is issued when a Hurricane will make landfall within 24 hours.  People should evacuate their families immediately and board up up their homes and businesses.  The surge of the tides is very dangerous for people.  Most people who die during a hurricane drown.  We feel bad and scared for the people this huge hurricane will affect.  Please stay safe everyone and if you live in a place that is being evacuated...please evacuate.  It will save your life.

Bullies by Noah

Bullies are mean people.  I remember one time when I was bullied, I got pushed against a metal rail by a kid at my old Elementary School.  It made me feel sad and bad that someone would be mean to me.  They didn't have any reason to be mean to me, they just didn't want me to get on the slide.  I wouldn't be mean to anyone, even if they were different than me.  If I saw someone that didn't have friends or anything, I would go be their friend.  If I saw someone else being bullied, I would go help them or tell on the bullies.  Mom tells us to be nice to people.  God tells us "Love your enemy" and be nice to everyone, so I try to do that but sometimes it is hard especially with my sister.  She is mean sometimes.  I get in trouble for being mean to my sister though, so I have to try to be nice to her.  Same for Jake.  He drives me crazy so I get mad, but I have to be careful because he fights back.  I don't want to be a bully.  I really like Bully Beatdown on MTV.  It is funny to see that show.

The letter A by Jakeob

I'm learning to write the letter A.  I can write it myself.  Airplane starts with A.

A summary of A Midsummer Night's Dream by Isaac, Noah, Isabelle and Jakeob

Shakespeare wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream a long time ago, between 1590 and 1596.  No one is exactly sure when except Shakespeare and he is dead so no one knows or will ever know.   It's a play.  In the play one man, Puck, made a lady fall in love with a man with a Donkey's head.  Puck makes everyone love the wrong people.  He really made a mess of things.  The King made him stay up all night to fix it and he did.  He made everyone love the right people and the fairies were happy too.  We are looking forward to reading this.  It is going to be funny.  We think we are going to like Puck the most.  To be continued...

Johann Sebastion Bach by Isabelle

Johann Sebastion Bach was a famous composer and he played the organ.  He had 20 children, can you believe that?  He had some boys and girls and he said to them,  "come on let's play music."  He said to Johanna, his little daughter, to keep practicing.  He was 65 when he died.  He walked for four whole days just to see Johann Adam Reinken play at a church.  He wanted to be like him.  It's sad that his parents died when he was just 10, but he got to live with his brother.  Bach's dad taught him to play the violin.  He was born in Germany a long time ago, but his music is still good.  A man named Felix Mendelssohn discovered Bach's compositions and put them into 60 volumes of music because no one knew who Bach was and Felix thought everyone should know him.  I am glad Felix found them.  One of Bach's most famous pieces is Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.  He was a great composer.

The Story of the Creation by Isaac

When God created the Earth he said, "Let there be light" and there was light.  He thought the light He made wasn't light enough and the night He made was too dark, so He thought if He made the sun, moon and stars it would be better, so He did.  He thought He wanted a world with blue skies, so He did that as well.  He also made the land form on the Earth.  He added water for the oceans, lakes and ponds too.  He made all different sorts of animals for the sea and land.  Then He thought He was missing something.  He made man to care for all the animals and plants He made.  Then He saw that it was good and He took a long rest on the seventh day.  He was happy with all He made.  If I had been God on the seventh day, I think I would take a rest too and be happy for what I made, then I'd go swimming in the ocean!